The Connecting Housing to Infrastructure Program (CHIP) grant will provide $437,160 in grant funds to the City of Yakima to financially assist Genesis Housing Services by covering sewer, water, stormwater improvements and system development charges for a new affordable housing project. The project will develop 32 affordable housing units that will target households earning 80% of the Area Median Income or less. Housing units will be made available as permanent affordable farmworker housing in partnership with the Office of Rural & Farmworker Housing. This grant award consists of two separate contracts.
The first contract is for waived system development charges, and will be funded through the State Building Construction Account.
The second contract is for utility improvements, and will be funded through the State's allocation of Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) stimulus funding provided by the U.S. Department of the Treasury (US Treasury). |